Greta Thunberg arrested in London as oil chiefs urged to stop funding politics October 17, 2023 Climate activists including Greta Thunberg have been arrested after they gathered outside a central London hotel protesting oil firms.
The end for Just Stop Oil? Green pioneer Dale Vince to stop funding eco group October 6, 2023 Green energy industrialist Dale Vince has said he will stop funding eco-activists Just Stop Oil, saying he believes further protests would be “counterproductive” and “pointless” given the Government’s stance on drilling in the North Sea. The Ecotricity founder, who has donated to both the Labour Party and Just Stop Oil, said he will instead focus [...]
Five charged after Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt West End show October 6, 2023 Five people have been charged with aggravated trespass after Just Stop Oil protesters disrupted a performance of Les Miserables in London’s West End. The performance at the Sondheim Theatre was brought to a halt at around 9pm on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said. The five people charged are Hannah Taylor, 23, Lydia Gribbin, 28, Hanan [...]
Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt West End performance of Les Miserables October 5, 2023 Just Stop Oil protesters disrupted a performance of Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre in London’s West End on Wednesday night. The protesters entered the stage during a performance of Do You Hear The People Sing? Just Stop Oil said that four protesters then locked themselves to the stage using flexible bicycle locks at around [...]
Exclusive: Greenpeace to target Rugby World Cup fan zones August 30, 2023 Greenpeace is planning to target next month’s Rugby World Cup as the campaigning group ramps up protests against “greenwashing” by oil companies. The organisation told Morning Wire it would make its presence felt at the tournament’s official fan zones and outside stadia in France, where the action begins next week. It follows a summer of [...]
Lessons for sponsors from sport’s biggest summer of protests since the suffragettes August 29, 2023 Sport sponsors need to be clear on what they stand for – not just what they stand next to – if they are to avoid blowback from protests, says marketing expert Matt Readman. This has been the most disrupted summer of sport for over a century. The pitches, courses and tracks of the UK now [...]
Met Police has spent £7.7m policing Just Stop Oil protests since April July 25, 2023 The Metropolitan Police have spent £7.7m policing 13 weeks of Just Stop Oil protests, the force has said. Protestors mounted 515 protests since April and the cost of handling the disruption amounted to the equivalent of 23,500 officer shifts. Actions included slow marches in busy London roads and disrupting major sporting events, and more than [...]
Just Stop Oil disrupt Open Championship Golf as Billy Horschel intervenes (but doesn’t go full Jonny Bairstow) July 21, 2023 American golfer Billy Horschel intervened to help remove protesters who invaded the 17th green at Royal Liverpool on the second day of the Open Championship. The 36-year-old escorted a woman wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt covered in orange paint off the green of the Hoylake links and into the custody of a police officer. [...]
Minister backs sports fans to intervene in Just Stop Oil protests – but DON’T ‘do a Jonny Bairstow’ July 7, 2023 Sports fans have been backed by a Home Office minister to intervene against protesters as a funder of the Just Stop Oil environmental group insisted its activists’ actions are “vital”. Events have been told to put more stewards and injunctions in place to prevent disruption from protesters as policing minister Chris Philp backed spectators acting [...]
Starmer speech interrupted by climate activists calling for ‘green new deal’ July 6, 2023 Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on education reform was interrupted by protesters calling for a “green new deal.”